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#AEAED7 — Light Muted Blue

#AEAED7 is a blue color we call Light Muted Blue, closest to the named color Silver (#C0C0C0). It belongs to the blue family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: silver (#C0C0C0) — not an exact match. CSS silver gives you #C0C0C0, a different color; use #AEAED7 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#AEAED7 is a cool blue color associated with trust, calm and professionalism. It sits comfortably in the middle: usable for large areas in soft schemes, or as a supporting color beside something stronger.

Its strongest partner is its complement #D7D7AD; it also sits naturally between #ADC2D7 and #C2ADD7. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#AEAED7 · RGB 174, 174, 215

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Color values

HEX#AEAED7
RGB174, 174, 215
HSL240°, 34%, 76%
HSV240°, 19%, 84%
CMYK19%, 19%, 0%, 16%
XYZ44.86, 44.18, 70.45
Yxy44.18, 0.2813, 0.2770
CIE-Lab72.35, 8.48, -20.66
Hunter Lab66.47, 7.83, -20.70

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 68% · Green 68% · Blue 84%

Cyan 19% · Magenta 19% · Yellow 0% · Key 16%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #AEAED7 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #AEAED7 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #AEAED7

.text { color: #AEAED7; }
.background { background-color: #AEAED7; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AEAED7; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(174, 174, 215); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(240, 34%, 76%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AEAED7; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(174, 174, 215, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AEAED7; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(174, 174, 215, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#AEAED7">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#AEAED7">Div content here</div>

Shades of #AEAED7

#9595CB#7D7DBF#6262B2#4F4FA1#434389#383871#2C2C59#1E1E3E#131326#07070E

Tints of #AEAED7

#B4B4DA#BBBBDD#C1C1E1#C8C8E4#CFCFE7#D6D6EB#DDDDEE#E4E4F2#EAEAF5#F1F1F8

Tones of #AEAED7

#B0B0D4#B3B3D0#B6B6CD#B9B9CB#BCBCC8#BFBFC5

Color harmonies

Complementary — #D7D7AD:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.14:1 Fails
Against black text9.84:1 AAA

Best text color on #AEAED7: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AEAED7

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #AEAED7: ·

How #AEAED7 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #AEAECDDeuteranopia · #AEAECBTritanopia · #AEC5C4

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Material Grey 500 · #9E9E9ETailwind violet 500 · #8B5CF6Tailwind purple 500 · #A855F7

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #AEAED7 rather than the exact color:

Palette 8294c4
#8294C4 · #ACB1D6 · #DBDFEA · #FFEAD2
Burning Orchard
#C8CBE4 · #AFB4D9 · #7980BE · #25294B
Dreamy Ruby Marble
#9E9B2F · #D6C275 · #7275D5 · #ADA6DC
Electric Voyage
#A8A8DC · #686ACA · #3E3F99 · #161741
Golden Ruby Harbor
#C3C9E4 · #A6ADCF · #8B94C1 · #414C81
Mellow Ruby Mirage
#806C22 · #DBCC79 · #4562CD · #AEB2E2

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#ACB1D6#AFB4D9#ADA6DC#A8A8DC#A6ADCF#AEB2E2#A9B5DF#B2AFE3#A7AAE1#B7A5DA#A6B1E1#A4B3DE

Browse neighbouring colors

← #AEAED6  ·  #AEAED8 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #AEAED7?

#AEAED7 is Light Muted Blue, a blue color (RGB 174, 174, 215). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AEAED7?

#AEAED7 is RGB 174, 174, 215 — HSL 240°, 34%, 76% — CMYK 19%, 19%, 0%, 16%.

What colors go with #AEAED7?

Its complement is #D7D7AD; analogous partners are #ADC2D7 and #C2ADD7. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AEAED7 for text?

Black text on #AEAED7 has a contrast ratio of 9.84:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.14:1.